Adoration (band)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Genres |
Dream Pop Alternative Rock Gothic Rock Indie Shoegaze |
| Years active | 2003-2012 |
| Labels | Soma-Rosa |
| Associated acts | Fields of the Nephilim, The Eden House, Lahannya, Voices Of Masada, Nefilim, Vendemmian, NFD |
| Members | John Stone Stephen Carey Lee-Anne Burgess Rob Leydon Chris Milden Simon Rippin |
Adoration (Also known as Adoration UK) Formed in 2003 initiated by John Stone (Vocals, former manager of band Vendemmian) and Stephen Carey (formerly of This Burning Effigy, NFD and currently of the band 'The Eden House').
The band were musically influenced by the likes of The Cure, The Chameleons, Cocteau Twins & The Mission.
After an initial flurry of activity during which the band supported bands such as Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and a tour with All About Eve Adoration then spent 4 years in the studio to write and record their first album, with Lee-Anne Burgess joining them on bass in 2006.
Their debut album Sleepwaking was released in September 2008, distributed by Plastic Head.
With reviews by Steve Beebee from Kerrang!,Total Guitar and Sonic Seducer (also being on the cover CD) and Lee-Anne Burgess being interviewed by Joel McIvor in Bass Guitar Magazine the album sold out of its first pressing very quickly.
With the addition of Chris Milden (of Lahannya) and Rob Leydon on guitars and Simon Rippin (formerly of Nefilim) on drums the new line up made its live return to a sold out Dingwalls in London.
The band then went over to Europe to perform at the 2009 Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig Germany alongside I Like Trains and The Cranes before returning to the Whitby Gothic Weekend with Faith and the Muse. After a headline show at London's Camden underworld one review said "the band had decided to replicate Chartres Cathedral in sound".
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